Helen Shaddock: visual research

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Friday, 27 October 2017

Monday, 23 October 2017

I have an envelope filled with cuttings from magazines that I keep as visual research. They tend to be patterns, colour combinations, textures, shapes and designs that I am attracted to. The other day I was looking through the envelope and began to arrange images alongside each other and create a kind of visual layout board. I began to think about the comic books that I have been looking at, and the way that they rely on the layout to determine how something is read. It seems that I applied a similar strategy when placing images next to each other on the page. I was creating relationships between items and leading the eye round the board. It has been a really useful exercise to play with these arrangements, and they are more than visual research. I just haven't worked out what they are yet!

Wednesday, 3 June 2015

Shelving patterns

Apple Store Window Display

Sunday, 4 January 2015

Oliver Bonas - a feast for the eyes

Whilst in Edinburgh I passed a rather inviting shop window, that of Oliver Bonas, and I couldn't resist going in. I entered a world of colour, shapes, materials, pattern, design and fun. What a treat for the eyes and a source of inspiration for me.

Enjoy!

https://www.oliverbonas.com

Thursday, 25 December 2014

Geometric structures from Hi-Fructose

Tuesday, 23 December 2014

More Hi-Fructose images from flickr

After a friend suggested that I look at Hi-Fructose imagery on flickr, I have found numerous other images as visual research. Here are a selection:

Tuesday, 15 July 2014

Visual Research - Zhangye Danxia landforms

Knowing my love of colour and pattern, a friend prompted me to look at Zhangye Danxia landforms.

"The Danxia landform refers to various landscapes found in southeast, southwest and northwest China that "consist of a red bed characterized by steep cliffs". Danxia landform is formed from red-coloured sandstones and conglomerates of largely Cretaceous age. Similar in appearance to karst topography, danxia landforms are made up uplifted continental crust that has been faulted and eroded, exposing large scarps of layered rock, red in color.

Danxia landforms cover several provinces in southeast China.

Taining County, Fujian Province, has very good examples of "young" danxia landforms wherein deep, narrow valleys have been formed. As the landform gets older, valleys widen and one gets isolated towers and ridges."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danxia_landform

Thursday, 15 August 2013

Visual research photos from trip to London

London has a vast array of shops with beautiful window displays, design products and homeware. I spend many a happy hour admiring these sights, and draw inspiration from them.

Here are a selection of such images from my London trip.